{"id":194134,"date":"2016-04-07T12:59:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T19:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=194134"},"modified":"2016-04-07T13:11:49","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T20:11:49","slug":"kira-toussaint-punches-ticket-to-rio-by-matching-fina-a-cut-in-100-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kira-toussaint-punches-ticket-to-rio-by-matching-fina-a-cut-in-100-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Kira Toussaint Punches Ticket To Rio By Matching FINA A Cut in 100 Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Eindhoven Swim Cup is underway in The Netherlands. \u00a0Hit refresh for the latest coverage.<\/p>\n

FINALS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kira Toussaint<\/strong> needed a 1:00.25 in the women’s 100-meter backstroke to clinch a spot on the Dutch Olympic roster, and that’s exactly what she clocked as she punched her ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympics.<\/p>\n

Her University of Tennessee teammates back in Knoxville took time out of practice to watch the swim, and they were just as excited as Toussaint with the outcome!<\/p>\n

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